xviii, 300 p., [8] p. of plates : 24 cm

"A celebration of the 'Italian decade'-- the years after the World War II and before the Beatles."--From publisher description

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-283) and index

The old country. "I have but one heart" ("O marenariello") : Frank Sinatra and Vic Damone -- "Vesti la giubba" : Enrico Caruso -- "Core 'ngrato" : Eduardo Migliaccio and Gilda Mignonette -- "O sole mio" : Enrico Caruso -- "Tip-toe through the tulips" : Nick Lucas -- "You call it madness (But I call it love)" : Russ Columbo -- "Sing, sing, sing" : Louis Prima -- "All or nothing at all" : Frank Sinatra -- "Night and day" : Frank Sinatra -- "Angelina" : Louis Prima -- "I'm gonna love that gal (like she's never been loved before)" : Perry Como -- "Prisoner of love" : Perry Como -- "Mam'selle" : Frank Sinatra --

The Italian decade, the 1950s. "You're breaking my heart" : Vic Damone -- "That lucky old sun" : Frankie Laine -- "Be my love" : Mario Lanza -- "Here in my heart" : Al Martino -- "Because of you" : Tony Bennett -- "Your cheatin' heart" : Joni James -- "That's amore" : Dean Martin -- "Eh, cumpari!" : Julius La Rosa -- "Darktown strutters' ball (Italian-style)" : Lou Monte -- "(The gang that sang) Heart of my heart" : Don Cornell and Johnny Desmond -- "Sweet and gentle" : Alan Dale -- "I've got the world on a string" : Frank Sinatra -- "Just a gigolo" : Louis Prima -- "Innamorata" : Jerry Vale -- "Volare" : Dean Martin -- "Mama" : Connie Francis -- "Dream lover" : Bobby Darin -- "Lightnin' strikes" : Lou Christie -- "I wonder why" : Dion and the Belmonts -- "Sixteen candles" : Johnny Maestro and the Crests -- "Mack the Knife" : Bobby Darin -- "It's now or never" : Elvis Presley -- "The wanderer" : Dion -- "Walk like a man" : Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons --

Las Vegas. "Nice 'n' easy" : Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack -- "Bye bye blackbird" : Sammy Davis Jr. -- "Fly me to the moon" : Frank Sinatra -- "Fly me to the moon" (reprise) : Tony Bennett, September 2001

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